Tell me about redshirting your late summer/fall birthday son before Kindergarten

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Anonymous wrote:Are you in the NY metro area? We were in a disctrict with a December cutoff when we lived there. One of my ds's friends had a December birthday. They were in preschool together. The mother ended up sending him to public on-time for K, and then had him repeat K at catholic school as a 5yo who turned 6 the december of his K at catholic year. Her oldest was also a December birthday. She sent him on time (so 4 turning 5 in K) and said it was a mistake she did not want to repeat for her younger boy.

December cut-offs are very unusual. I would hold him back regardless, but even more especially if there's a chance you might move to another state at some point. My dd has an 8/23 birthday. We sent her to school on time, but I do see how much younger she is than her peers.

I would have a late September birthday kid start K at 5 rather than 4, especially for a boy.

OP here. Yes, we are in NY. I don’t think we are planning to move, but the fact that most neighboring states and states across the country have September 1st cutoffs make me think that it’s something to consider for us. But we do know fall boys in his current class going to K on time, and just feel like he’ll be emotionally young if he starts on time, and older and physically bigger if we hold him back.

You make no sense.

Your kid will be 5 about five months before the cutoff and you don’t think you’ll ever move.

Find something else to worry about that’s more tangible.

If sent on time, her child will start kindergarten as a four year old. He will turn five in September, about three months before the cutoff. December cutoffs are unusual, and starting K as a four year old is hard for alot of kids. I think her concerns are quite valid.

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Anonymous wrote:We did with a June birthday. We just knew he wasn’t ready. Best decision ever. Turns out he has some leaning disabilities. Had we sent him on time he would have struggled even more than he is now.

Here’s that “best decision ever” that earlier post correctly stated every red-shirter just automatically says.

The best decision would have been to get that child evaluated early on and get them help.

100%. Holding back wasn’t their best decision, it doesn’t make the disability go away.

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Anonymous wrote:Don't do it. You want your kid to be 19 at graduation? Since you asked.

As usual DCUM anti-redshirters cannot do math. It’s like clockwork.

Well, some are 19 at graduation, as April/May birthdays are also red-shirted sometimes. The flip side is you have a 17 year old going to college. There are a lot of other factors like personality, aptitude, size, which are not necessarily tied to age.

OP literally stated when her child was born. There is no way for her child to be 19 at graduation. It is a mathematical impossibility. But DCUM anti-redshirters can’t do simple math, so they don’t understand that.

Red-shirters are far more incompetent in more than “anti red-shirters.” Hence the “need” to red-shirt.

I guess we can add English coherency to the list of skills that DCUM anti-redshirters lack.

In any event, this exact thread is an example of the remarkably consistent mathematical illiteracy displayed by DCUM anti-redshirters. I actually find it enormously entertaining how consistently they demonstrate their lack of simple math skills.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We did with a June birthday. We just knew he wasn’t ready. Best decision ever. Turns out he has some leaning disabilities. Had we sent him on time he would have struggled even more than he is now.

Here’s that “best decision ever” that earlier post correctly stated every red-shirter just automatically says.

The best decision would have been to get that child evaluated early on and get them help.

Do you understand how private schools work? Genuine question as DCUM’s anti redshirt posters don’t seem to understand private school admissions.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We did with a June birthday. We just knew he wasn’t ready. Best decision ever. Turns out he has some leaning disabilities. Had we sent him on time he would have struggled even more than he is now.

Here’s that “best decision ever” that earlier post correctly stated every red-shirter just automatically says.

NP but why is it so upsetting to you to hear parents who redshirted say that they’re happy with their decision? Why are you so convinced that it’s “automatic” and not genuine contentment? People love to complain, especially anonymously, so I’m baffled as to why you think a bunch of redshirting parents have come here to lie about their feelings about their experience.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:We did with a June birthday. We just knew he wasn’t ready. Best decision ever. Turns out he has some leaning disabilities. Had we sent him on time he would have struggled even more than he is now.

Here’s that “best decision ever” that earlier post correctly stated every red-shirter just automatically says.

The best decision would have been to get that child evaluated early on and get them help.

Do you understand how private schools work? Genuine question as DCUM’s anti redshirt posters don’t seem to understand private school admissions.

Yes, I do. We have been at both private and public. We had a child with severe delays at age 4-8. For the first few years they were in a private and we did a lot of services privately. School was very supportive. They didn't have us delay and gave the child more support (and at some points, too much and I had to ask them to back off). If a school's answer is to hold back, they do it because it's easier to have a child coming in reading/writing/basic math or its easier for them to teach an older child material that was meant for a younger child. I'm so thankful for the school/teachers that helped my child (who sadly are no longer at that school) rather than telling us no. The impact they had was life changing.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Are you in the NY metro area? We were in a disctrict with a December cutoff when we lived there. One of my ds's friends had a December birthday. They were in preschool together. The mother ended up sending him to public on-time for K, and then had him repeat K at catholic school as a 5yo who turned 6 the december of his K at catholic year. Her oldest was also a December birthday. She sent him on time (so 4 turning 5 in K) and said it was a mistake she did not want to repeat for her younger boy.

December cut-offs are very unusual. I would hold him back regardless, but even more especially if there's a chance you might move to another state at some point. My dd has an 8/23 birthday. We sent her to school on time, but I do see how much younger she is than her peers.

I would have a late September birthday kid start K at 5 rather than 4, especially for a boy.

OP here. Yes, we are in NY. I don’t think we are planning to move, but the fact that most neighboring states and states across the country have September 1st cutoffs make me think that it’s something to consider for us. But we do know fall boys in his current class going to K on time, and just feel like he’ll be emotionally young if he starts on time, and older and physically bigger if we hold him back.

You make no sense.

Your kid will be 5 about five months before the cutoff and you don’t think you’ll ever move.

Find something else to worry about that’s more tangible.

If sent on time, her child will start kindergarten as a four year old. He will turn five in September, about three months before the cutoff. December cutoffs are unusual, and starting K as a four year old is hard for alot of kids. I think her concerns are quite valid.

Each jurisdiction has a different cut off/rules and privates don't have to follow the same rules, which is why we went to private. In NY, its a December cut off. In MD, its 9/1 but you can test in from 9/1-10/15 but most publics don't allow kids in early. In DC, its 9/30 and I believe its the same for VA.

My September kid turned 5 a few weeks into the school year. No big deal at all.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Don't do it. You want your kid to be 19 at graduation? Since you asked.

As usual DCUM anti-redshirters cannot do math. It’s like clockwork.

Well, some are 19 at graduation, as April/May birthdays are also red-shirted sometimes. The flip side is you have a 17 year old going to college. There are a lot of other factors like personality, aptitude, size, which are not necessarily tied to age.

OP literally stated when her child was born. There is no way for her child to be 19 at graduation. It is a mathematical impossibility. But DCUM anti-redshirters can’t do simple math, so they don’t understand that.

Red-shirters are far more incompetent in more than “anti red-shirters.” Hence the “need” to red-shirt.

I guess we can add English coherency to the list of skills that DCUM anti-redshirters lack.

In any event, this exact thread is an example of the remarkably consistent mathematical illiteracy displayed by DCUM anti-redshirters. I actually find it enormously entertaining how consistently they demonstrate their lack of simple math skills.

Because DCUM is a measure of one’s mathematics and English.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We did with a June birthday. We just knew he wasn’t ready. Best decision ever. Turns out he has some leaning disabilities. Had we sent him on time he would have struggled even more than he is now.

Here’s that “best decision ever” that earlier post correctly stated every red-shirter just automatically says.

NP but why is it so upsetting to you to hear parents who redshirted say that they’re happy with their decision? Why are you so convinced that it’s “automatic” and not genuine contentment? People love to complain, especially anonymously, so I’m baffled as to why you think a bunch of redshirting parents have come here to lie about their feelings about their experience.

Simple. It’s disingenuous.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Don't do it. You want your kid to be 19 at graduation? Since you asked.

As usual DCUM anti-redshirters cannot do math. It’s like clockwork.

Well, some are 19 at graduation, as April/May birthdays are also red-shirted sometimes. The flip side is you have a 17 year old going to college. There are a lot of other factors like personality, aptitude, size, which are not necessarily tied to age.

OP literally stated when her child was born. There is no way for her child to be 19 at graduation. It is a mathematical impossibility. But DCUM anti-redshirters can’t do simple math, so they don’t understand that.

Red-shirters are far more incompetent in more than “anti red-shirters.” Hence the “need” to red-shirt.

I guess we can add English coherency to the list of skills that DCUM anti-redshirters lack.

In any event, this exact thread is an example of the remarkably consistent mathematical illiteracy displayed by DCUM anti-redshirters. I actually find it enormously entertaining how consistently they demonstrate their lack of simple math skills.

Finding “lack of math skills” “enormously entertaining” doesn’t shed good light upon yourself.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Don't do it. You want your kid to be 19 at graduation? Since you asked.

As usual DCUM anti-redshirters cannot do math. It’s like clockwork.

Well, some are 19 at graduation, as April/May birthdays are also red-shirted sometimes. The flip side is you have a 17 year old going to college. There are a lot of other factors like personality, aptitude, size, which are not necessarily tied to age.

OP literally stated when her child was born. There is no way for her child to be 19 at graduation. It is a mathematical impossibility. But DCUM anti-redshirters can’t do simple math, so they don’t understand that.

Red-shirters are far more incompetent in more than “anti red-shirters.” Hence the “need” to red-shirt.

I guess we can add English coherency to the list of skills that DCUM anti-redshirters lack.

In any event, this exact thread is an example of the remarkably consistent mathematical illiteracy displayed by DCUM anti-redshirters. I actually find it enormously entertaining how consistently they demonstrate their lack of simple math skills.

Ironically, if your children had the skills you immaturely make fun of posters, you wouldn’t need to redshirt.

[Anonymous]

Redshirted my July bday son now in seventh grade. I haven’t regretted it once! One of our best parenting decisions made based on the teacher’s recommendations.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Redshirted my July bday son now in seventh grade. I haven’t regretted it once! One of our best parenting decisions made based on the teacher’s recommendations.

Hahahhahahahaaahhah! “Best decision” and “teacher recommendation”. On repeat! Hahahhahahahahahah!

[Anonymous]

Go with your gut feeling: DS was 1 day before cut off. We started him on time in PreK at the school
he would attend but teacher recommended we do a second year and move to K the following year. We are now at the end of HS.
To be honest over the past decade our thoughts on whether this was the best decision we ever made or not has varied.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Redshirted my July bday son now in seventh grade. I haven’t regretted it once! One of our best parenting decisions made based on the teacher’s recommendations.

These teachers are neuropsychologists? Your child has a severe learning disability or suffering from an illness?